When governments collide : competition within nations in Québec and Catalonia / Alexandre Couture Gagnon.
When Governments Collide offers a comparative analysis of Québec and Catalonia from the perspective of minority cultures operating within broader states, where their cultures and identities sometimes come in conflict with that of the majority, focusing on language, immigration and foreign affairs policy.
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| Main Author | |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Place, Publisher, Year |
Oxford
: Taylor & Francis Group
, 2026
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| Pages | 1 online resource (x, 138 pages). |
| ISBN | 1040645070 9781040645079 1003624847 9781003624844 1040559239 9781040559239 |
| Language | English |
| Additional Information | 1. Why study Québec and Catalonia? -- Introduction -- Québec: a short political history -- Catalonia: a short political history -- What are minority nations? -- Why study Québec and Catalonia? -- Rest of this book -- 2. External factors that affected the success of Québec vs. Catalonia -- Introduction -- Timing -- Support of France toward Québec -- Catalonia, one of many minority nations in the EU -- Conclusion -- 3. The core of the minority nation: Linguistic policy in Québec and Catalonia -- Introduction -- Linguistic policy in Québec -- External factor: Canada's involvement in Québec's language -- Internal factor: Timing of the 1977 Charter -- Internal factor: Macro-confrontation over linguistic policy -- Linguistic policy in Catalonia and in Spain -- External factor: Franco's dictatorship -- Internal factor: Timing of Catalonia 2006 Statute -- Incrementalism in linguistic policy -- Conclusion -- 4. The future of the minority nation: Immigration policy in Québec and Catalonia -- Introduction -- Immigration policy in Québec -- Internal factor: Matching policy goal (employment) -- External factor: The 1867 BNA Act -- External factors: Low salience and low numbers -- External factors: Separatist threat -- Immigration policy in Catalonia -- Internal factor: Immigration became important/significant in the mid-1990s -- External factor: Relative intransigeance of the Spanish government -- External factor: The European Union -- Conclusion -- 5. The prestige of the minority nation: Foreign relations policy in Québec and Catalonia -- Introduction -- Foreign policy in Québec -- External factor: The 1937 judgment -- External factor: France -- Internal factor: Timing -- Foreign policy in Catalonia -- External factor: European Union. External factor: Québec? -- Internal factor: Cultural policy is not subject to Spain's control -- Conclusion -- 6. How do minority nations gain more power: Incrementalism -- Introduction -- Is minority nationalism anachronistic? -- Future of minority nationalism -- Next challenges for minority nation governments. |
| Series Title | Routledge studies in federalism and decentralization. |
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